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Chip Scholz
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Chip Scholz is Head Coach of Scholz and Associates, Inc. He is a nationally recognized executive coach, public speaker and author. He is a Certified Business Coach and works with CEO’s, business owners and sales professionals across North America.
Chip has written for a number of business and trade publications. 2009 saw the release of his first book project, “Masterminds Unleashed: Selling for Geniuses.” His second book, with co-authors Sue Nielsen and Tracy Lunquist, “Do Eagles Just Wing It?” was published in 2011. His next book "Clear Conduct" is due in 2013.Do Eagles Just Wing It?
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Masterminds Unleashed: Selling for Geniuses
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Tag Archives: leadership behaviors
The Five Core Competencies of Leadership
By some estimates, there are over a half million business books about leadership, but when you study the ideas of the most respected experts, there is frequent agreement on the core competencies required. The same 5-10 competencies define what leaders do.
The authors of the book The Leadership Code (Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood, and Kate Sweetman) [...]
Gen Y Clashpoints: What Managers Can Do
What can you do as a manager to avoid some of the generational clashes and encourage high performing diverse teams? Without a lot of time available to personally mentor Gen Yers, you can’t ignore the pitfalls or wait for potential relationship problems to explode. (Photo credit Photostock)
Here are two common issues that cause conflicts for [...]
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Managing Gen Y: In Loco Parentis?
The worst thing you can do as a manager is to treat Gen Y employees like children. And sometimes it’s hard …especially if they happen to be similar in age to your own adult children! It’s easy to fall into that parent/child interactive mode sometimes, but it’s a real trap when managing.
The words “must”, “should”, [...]
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Clarity of Vision: What Are Your Waypoints?
I’ve been talking about clarity and the way to gain clarity through making a list of truly important wants. Taking some time to get really clear on what you want and what you intend to achieve is key to having a successful life and career. And it’s the foundation of the lessons my co-authors and [...]
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Clarity and the 4 Keys to Living Successfully
What does it really take to be successful in our lives, to have the careers and lives we dreamed of?
From what I’ve seen, I believe success requires four fundamental things:
Clarity
Intention
Attention
Focus
That’s the formula. If that sounds too simple, don’t worry; when you start to look at each factor, it gets complex. We get complex. We make [...]
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Golfing, Marriage and Bad Leadership Behaviors
What do married couples playing golf together have in common with bad leadership teams? You can guess, right?
In many golf clubs, couple’s tournaments are very popular. But they can be painful. Golf can bring out the worst in married couples. I’ve even thought that if marriage counselors were smart, they’d start hanging out at couple’s [...]
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9 Losing Behaviors that Predict Failure
Since failure is inevitable in careers and business, I think about how to learn from mistakes and recover quickly. Especially in these uncertain times, resilience becomes even more crucial. Not just personal resilience, but also company resilience: those that can bounce back quickly from a loss, can go on to become winners.
Those executives and companies [...]
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Executive Resilience: How Do You Handle Loss?
How do you react to failure? Ask any smart person working in a managerial position and you’ll get some interesting answers.
Of course, it depends on the size of the failure, and how much error is your direct responsibility. But let’s talk about executive resilience and what it takes to sustain a long term successful career. [...]
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Executive Resilience: Brain Training with Meditation
Have you ever said something you wished you hadn’t? It flies out and before you know it you’ve got a fire to deal with. It happens often enough. Some people are good at mopping up. Others not.
Some people bounce back from skirmishes faster than others. Others hold on to things they’ve said or wished they [...]
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